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Devils Island Light

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Not to be confused with Devils Island Light (Nova Scotia).

Devils Island Light
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LocationDevils Island, Wisconsin
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FoundationConcrete
ConstructionCast iron
Automated1978; 48 years ago (1978)
Height71 feet (22 m)[2]
ShapeCylindrical Free Standing[1][4]
Light
First lit1901; 125 years ago (1901)
Focal height100 feet (30 m)[3]
Lens3rd order Fresnel lens[5][6]
Range9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)[1]
CharacteristicRed, Flashing, 10 sec[1]
Devils Island Light
Area33.8 acres (13.7 ha)
Built1857; 169 years ago (1857)
Built byUnited States Lighthouse Service
Part ofApostle Islands Lighthouses (ID77000145[7])
Designated CPMarch 8, 1977

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The Devils Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Devils Island, one of the Apostle Islands, in Lake Superior in Ashland County, Wisconsin, near the city of Bayfield.[8][9][10] Among the Apostle Islands lighthouses—a testament to its remoteness—it was the last built, and the last automated and unmanned.

History

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Owned by the National Park Service and part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, it is a contributing property to the Apostle Islands Lighthouses and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[7]. It is also listed in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, WI-324. Several other structures in the vicinity are also listed in HABS.

The "Devils Island Light Station Cultural Landscape" was included as one of five lighthouses (with state-level significance)[A] in the National Register of Historic Places nomination on March 8, 1977.[11] It occupies approximately 16 acres (6.5 ha) on the north lakeshore of the 318 acres (129 ha) Devils Island. Within are several structures. A previous skeletal, wooden structure was constructed in 1891 has since been demolished. Historical brick Queen Anne style keepers quarters (1896) are collocated with the current lighthouse. Also on the premises were two oil houses, a tramway, a brownstone tramway engine building, a dock, wooden boathouse (1 mile distant) and a radio beacon/tower.[12] An inclined Tramway (1893) and Engine Building (1901) provided transport of equipment, gear and supplies.[11]

The original third order Fresnel lens manufactured by Henry-Lepaute was removed by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1989, but a new third order Fresnel lens was replaced by the N.P.S. in 1992.[12]

The site originally had a 10-inch (250 mm) steam whistle in a fog signal building. That was removed in 1925, and "a much improved air-operated diaphone fog signal" was accomplished. In 1928, a diesel-powered electrical generator was installed, and the light intensity increased to 300,000 candela for the white flash and 180,000 candela for the red.[13]

In 1928, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge and the first lady visited the island and lighthouse during an 88-day vacation to Wisconsin.[8][14]

Getting there

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Most of the Apostle Islands Lighthouses may be reached on the Apostle Islands Cruise Service[15] water taxi or by private boat during the summer. During the Annual Apostle Island Lighthouse Celebration[16] ferry tour service is available for all the lighthouses. In the tourist season, volunteer park rangers are on many of the islands to greet visitors.[10]

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Built between 1852 and 1929.[11]

Citations

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  10. ^ a b Wobser, David, Devil's Island Lights, Boatnerd an excerpt from an article originally in Great Laker Magazine October–December 2008 Volume 37, Number 2.
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  13. ^ Terry Pepper, Seeing the Light, Devil's Island Light. Archived September 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ The September 1928 edition of the Lighthouse Service Bulletin
  15. ^ Apostle Islands Cruise Service.
  16. ^ Apostle Island Lighthouse Celebration.

Further reading

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  • Devils Island Light Station. (January 1999) Lighthouse Digest, pp. 14–15.
  • Havighurst, Walter (1943) The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes, Macmillan Publishers.
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